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Ancient Roman water supply diagram (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea what a nymphaeum was, and somehow I expected it to be some perverted roman thing. Turns out it's just a fountain place used for nymphae cult and some large ones double as a place for weddings...

Won't say what I imagined.

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

It’s ok we all know what you imagined